Matt Grunewald Class: Senior Hometown: Centerville, Ohio High School: Archbishop Alter Event: Freestyle Birthdate: 08/16/1979

AS A JUNIOR: Swam primarily in the 50, 100, and 200 freestyle ... placed second in the 200 freestyle against Niagara ... swam three career-best times in the 50 (21.99), 100 (47.74), and 200 freestyle (1:43.24) at the 1999 Notre Dame Invitational ... tallied 18 top-five finishes in the 1999-2000 season ... posted one second place and three third- place finishes in the 200 freestyle ... placed third in the 100 freestyle against Cleveland State.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Swam mainly in the 100 backstroke and the 100 and 200 freestyle in his first season with the Irish in 1998-99 ... posted his first career win in the 100 freestyle at the Shamrock Classic with a career- and season-best time of 47.79 ... placed second in the 200 freestyle against Wisconsin-Milwaukee and at the Shamrock Classic ... recorded his season- and career-best time of 1:43.78 in the preliminaries of the 200 freestyle at the Shamrock Classic ... also had season and career-best time of 54.05 in the 100 backstroke at the Shamrock Classic ... finished third against Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 100 freestyle.

AS A FRESHMAN: Did not compete with the Irish as a freshman in 1997-98.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Earned three letters in swimming at Archbishop Alter ... first-team All-American in the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1996 as a junior ... three-time all-conference ... team MVP and captain his senior year in 1997 ... scored the most points on the team his senior year ... participated in the 1997 Speedo Short Course Junior Nationals in the 800 free relay ... inducted into the Archbishop Alter High School Athletic and Academic Hall of Excellence in 1997 ... one of five Ohio natives on this year’s Notre Dame roster ... born Aug. 16, 1979, in Dayton, Ohio ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business with a major in management information systems.